On Tuesday
forenoon, March 17, 1908, J.A. Kimball died at his home in this
city (Neillsville, Clark County). His death was due to a general
breaking down of health which had been slowly going on for several
months.

James Albert
Kimball was born near Amboy, Ill., Oct. 29, 1843. He moved to Dodge
Co., Wis., where he made his home for some time. Shortly after the
opening of the Civil War he enlisted in Co. A., 29thth Wis.
Infantry. On Sept. 12, 1861, after his enlistment and before his
regiment left for the front, he was married to Phoebe Tousley, who
died June 17, 1886. In 1867 he moved with his family to Clark
County, engaging in farming in the town of Pine Valley till 1886,
when he moved into Neillsville. In June 1891 he was married to
Mattie Youmans, who with four children of his former marriage,
survived him, namely: Elmer A. Emma and Gertrude Kimball and Mrs.
W. Scott Davis. During his residence in the country he filled
several town offices, later was assistant postmaster in this city
for sixteen years, and at the time of his death he was city clerk
of Neillsville.

The funeral
services will be held at the home this afternoon at 2
o’clock, Rev. A.R. Rice officiating. The pall bearers
selected are Messrs. Fred Karner, R. Eunson, A.B. Marsh, W.L.
Smith, Aug. Snyder and W.J. Marsh. Deceased was a member of the
local G.A.R. Post, and honorary pall bearers consisting of six
members will escort the remains to the Neillsville Cemtery, where
they will be laid at rest.

Thus has passed
from earthly scenes one of Neillsville’s best citizens. No
manlier man ever lived, yet gentle, calm, unruffled under every
circumstance; his painstaking courtesy was always shown alike to
the poorest as well as the most prominent citizen. His intelligence
was keen and he took a strong interest in everything that made for
moral worth. There was not a mean thing in his mental make-up, and
his candor and fairness at once disarmed criticism. Stricken by the
hand of death, he lies today without an enemy, and he deserved
none.